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...York City we had senior writer Bruce Nelan, a former Moscow bureau chief who wrote our 1989 Man of the Decade cover story on Gorbachev. Working with him were assistant editor Brigid O'Hara-Forster, whose research about Soviet politics is given added breadth by her abiding interest in the works of Chekhov, and Kevin Fedarko, who has a master's in Russian history and literature. In Washington, Strobe Talbott and David Aikman provided insights gained doing numerous Soviet stories. Since 1969, when he was an intern in the Moscow bureau, Strobe has made nearly 30 trips to the Soviet...
...other side, policymakers in the U.S., Britain, Canada and the Netherlands remained convinced that throwing money at Gorbachev was no cure for his country's crippling economic ills. Without major structural changes, said Dutch Foreign Minister Hans van den Broek, even generous cash and credits were destined to end up "like a drop of water on a hot stove...
...Moscow for the past year, Carney has covered the backlash against the Soviet President's liberalization. Last January he was with Lithuanian demonstrators at the television tower in Vilnius when Soviet army paratroopers opened fire nearby, killing 15 civilians. Says Carney: "For the first time, it seemed clear that Gorbachev wasn't entirely in control." That sense was reinforced during Carney's visit to the Black Beret base. Says Carney: "To a man, the Black Berets spoke of defending the Soviet system to the end, regardless of Moscow's policies. Though Gorbachev is pressing forward with reforms, peaceful transformation...
...waging a campaign of intimidation against the democratically elected leadership of the republic. The same is true in neighboring Latvia, where Black Berets raided the republic's interior ministry in Riga, leaving five people dead. In their zeal to enforce the Soviet constitution and the presidential decrees of Mikhail Gorbachev, OMON forces have subsequently carried out a series of surprise attacks, seizing buildings, ransacking customs posts and, on several occasions, shooting at people who got in their...
...frequently denied authorizing violent or disruptive OMON operations, fueling speculation that OMON units are really taking orders from Communist Party hard-liners and secret conservative groups in the Baltics. When Black Berets seized the Lithuanian telephone exchange in early July, cutting off external communications for more than two hours, Gorbachev's spokesman suggested that "someone was trying to spoil" the Soviet President's visit to London for the G-7 summit. Accepting responsibility, Makutinovich said the operation was aimed at the confiscation of illegally held weapons. In a sign of official displeasure, the major was promptly summoned to Moscow...